I scooped the butter in the pan and turned on the heat. The Roommate was at the ward’s Family Home Evening and I was making pasta with white sauce and a side of sautéed green beans. After the butter melted, I tossed in the flour and started stirring. When the mixture’s consistency smoothed, I poured [...]
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I’ve been pretty evasive, I realize, when it comes to the topic of me blogging. I mean, what’s the big deal? It’s just a blog – the internet is littered with millions of them. It’s not as if people blog anymore, anyway. Blogs are passé, having lost to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr (until those lose [...]
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Okay, truth time, I haven’t seen The Book of Mormon musical: 1) because I live in Atlanta and 2) being a musical, it probably has long periods where people sing, so, eh. But I have watched interviews with its creators and seen some of their previous treatments of Mormons and I’m pretty sure that the [...]
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I have an irrational hatred of greetings cards. Wait, it’s not irrational, greeting cards have some of the worst writing in all of creativity (and I’m including that commercial for built-to-order metal sheds that plays constantly on broadcast TV that I’m suddenly watching again for some reason). Given this deep-seated loathing, it’s completely expected that [...]
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A few weeks ago, I unwittingly co-hosted an Oscar party. Like all good Oscar parties, it was filled with snarkiness, Twitter, Niki Lemley, and brie. Since the 10-12 people in attendance weren’t enough of an audience, apparently, I’ve decided to share my thoughts on the Best Picture nominees with the world. Black Swan I [...]
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